Chelsfield Wills - Part 1
Abstracts of will from Chelsfield proved in
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Mary Frith
of Chelsfield dated 14 May 1812
Abstract of the will of Mary Frith of Chelsfield widow
dated 14 May 1812.
To be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor to
whom I give £5 for the trouble he may be put to on account of the same.
I request that as soon as possible he will call in all monies
and securities due to me, and after paying all debts and expenses he will
divide the proceeds into two equal halves to pay one to my brother Thomas
Brooks of Chelsfield and the other to George Brooks of Halstead, farmers.
However, in case he shall not be able by any legal means to recover the
whole sum of £140 due to me from my late brother William Brooks deceased
that any deficiency shall not prejudice the bequest to my brother Thomas
Brooks, it being my desire that Thomas shall have so much money as he
would have received had the whole £140 been fully discharged, any such
loss being borne by the said George Brooks.
If the said Thomas Brooks should happen to die before me then
the whole of his legacy shall be disposed of in such manner as he has
directed in his Will.
I give all my wearing apparel and things belonging thereto
unto the wife of the said Thomas Brooks.
All residue of my property if such there be I give to John
Brooks the son of the said Thomas Brooks and I appoint him as my Executor.
Mary X Frith Witnesses, John Fuller, Wm. Hy. Colyer.
Proved 22 January 1813 by John Brooks the
nephew. [PCC will PROB11/1540].
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus